Tag: Passwords

  • Palin’s password was Popcorn?

    I was wondering why conservative talk were accusing the Dems and/or liberals for hacking Palin’s account. Apparently, the guy who hacked into her account (gov.palin@yahoo.com) is the son of Rep. Mike Kernell, Tennessee state lawmaker. He simply used the “forgot my password” feature and then used publically available information to answer the security questions.

    “Gov. Palin’s Alleged Hacker Indicted; Password Was ‘Popcorn’
    A 20-year-old student at the University of Tennessee has been indicted for breaking into one of the email accounts of Gov. Sarah Palin and then posting screenshots of personal information obtained there to a public Web-site.

    David Kernell, the son of a Democratic state lawmaker, was led into a Knoxville federal court wearing handcuffs and shackles on his ankles today and was released without posting bond, according to the Associated Press.”

    Hope she’s changing all her passwords because more than likely they are all “Popcorn”.

    http://voices.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/25730

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  • Top 10 Most Common Passwords

    Life these days has become largely dependent on passwords – whether we’re checking our emails, transferring funds or shopping online, passwords have their part to play.

    Security Comedy by Digg user Garfoli:
    Cthon98: hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
    Cthon98: ********* see!
    AzureDiamond: hunter2
    AzureDiamond: doesnt look like stars to me
    Cthon98: AzureDiamond: *******
    Cthon98: thats what I see
    AzureDiamond: oh, really?
    Cthon98: Absolutely
    AzureDiamond: you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
    AzureDiamond: haha, does that look funny to you?
    Cthon98: lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
    AzureDiamond: thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
    Cthon98: yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
    AzureDiamond: awesome!
    AzureDiamond: wait, how do you know my pw?
    Cthon98: er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******’s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
    AzureDiamond: oh, ok.

    **Popcorn!

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